Both Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City and Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island will have new programs and events this ...

Ann Arbor parents are calling for more resources to be devoted to security at an elementary school and across the district, after what they are calling a “near miss” on Friday. Read full article: Snow ...

WKAR's newest documentary series Before America explores key moments in Indigenous history before the revolutionary war. Indigenous history, resiliency and sovereignty take center stage in WKAR’s ...

A 1763 lacrosse match at Fort Michilimackinac turns into a daring Native rebellion. In 1763, Odawa and Ojibwe warriors used a lacrosse game to outwit British soldiers at Fort Michilimackinac, ...

Destination Michigan is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, ...

In the 1950s, kids in the Grand Rapids’ public schools got a two-day autumn vacation while the teachers had in-service meetings. In 1956, our family used this break to drive north to Mackinaw City, ...

Chelsea’s Kelley Giovannini swam 4.5 miles across the Straits of Mackinac on July 26, 2025, in the Mackinac Bridge Swim to raise funds for Michigan’s first responders. Photo: Kelley Giovannini upon ...

The Mackinac Island State Park Commission will consider declining future use of Colonial Michilimackinac for the Fort Michilimackinac Pageant. (Kaleb Boyer/St. Ignace News) The Mackinac Island State P ...

Mackinaw City is a key stop for many tourists in northern Michigan as they pull off Interstate 75 to take a ferry to Mackinac Island, or simply a break before continuing on to St. Ignace and the Upper ...